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South Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Fatality at Berry Man Shot Dead

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 1

A very sad accident occurred on Sunday last, resulting in the death of Matthew Warne, 47, a farmer at Woodhill. Berry, when he was…

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Accident

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 2

Mr. Merv Dean, of the local Tyre Service Station, met with a nasty accident near Wandella on Monday morning last…

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Inquest at Berry Verdict of Accidental Death

The South Coast Register · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 1

At the Berry Court House on Monday, the Coroner (Mr. R. King) continued the inquest which was adjourned from Monday, August 28,…

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Fatal Road Accident Collision Between Car and Sulky Clyde Boxsell Killed

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 September 1933 · page 3

Shortly before half-past 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a collision took place on the Berry Road, near Mr. W. H. Watts,' residence…

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Shocking Fatality a Meroo Young Man Loses His Life Driver of Car Arrested on Charge of Manslaughter

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 1

The whole community of Shoalhaven were shocked on Saturday evening when the news of a motor accident circulated. It happened about a little…

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Coroner's Inquiry Car-Sulky Smash Verdict of Accidental Death

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 1

Mr. Reuben King. J.P., district coroner, held an inquiry at the Nowra Court House, on Monday, touching the death of Clyde Nelson Boxsell…

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Bega Man Drowned on the Tweed

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 October 1933 · page 2

Bega police received word on Monday, night that Dick Peck, a well—known Bega young man, had been drowned on the Tweed. We take the…

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Accidents

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 2

Mrs. Mass Welsh Cobargo had the misfortune to break a couple of bones in her leg on Thursday night last, She had apparently…

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Just an Accident. An Unromantic Story of an Unromantic Day in a Newspaper Office

The Bega District News · Thursday 26 October 1933 · page 6

When you go to the talkies to view a picture which has been described by the show’s publicity Department as “a great story of the great newspaper…

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Mate Injured Rescue Party's Long Trip at Burragorang

The Nowra Leader · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 3

Thomas Taylor, one of a party of men engaged scrub-cutting and ringbarking by Mr. J. W. Quigg, of Central Burragorang, met with a painful…

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Motor Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 1

Mr. E. O. Hughes, of Burrier, was returning from the railway station on Monday last, driving his motor lorry when through some cause, meeting…

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Railway Line Fatality Unemployed Man Killed

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 8

A man named John Clark, of the unemployed camp, at Fairy Meadow, while walking along the railway line on Saturday night last week, at about…

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Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 3

An unfortunate accident occurred at the Jamberoo Dairy Factory on Saturday morning when John Parkinson, aged 15, who was working in the…

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Infant Drowned in Snowy Near Jindabyne. (From Cooma “Express”.)

The Bega District News · Thursday 14 December 1933 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr H. H. Solomon, conducted an inquest at the Court House, Jindabyne, into the death of an infant, Barbara Jean…

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Tragic Accident

The Nowra Leader · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 8

Reports the Kiama "Independent" : --Deep gloom overcast Albion Park through the tragic death of Mr. Walter O'Brien on Thursday evening last…

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Drowned in Their Own Wine

The Bega District News · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

The wife of a wine grower at Verido (Portugal) became anxious when her husband tailed to return at midnight after having left home some hours…

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